An unidentified woman standing in front of her 1991 Toyota was struck and killed after being hit by two separate vehicles on Interstate 10 Wednesday afternoon. Photo courtesy of the Enterprise's media partner, KBMT- 12 News. less

An unidentified woman standing in front of her 1991 Toyota was struck and killed after being hit by two separate vehicles on Interstate 10 Wednesday afternoon. Photo courtesy of the Enterprise's media partner, ... more

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Beaumont Police officers work the scene of an accident on the west bound lanes of I-10 during Wednesday,'s afternoon rush hour.
August 31, 2011.
Valentino Mauricio/The Enterprise

Beaumont Police officers work the scene of an accident on the west bound lanes of I-10 during Wednesday,'s afternoon rush hour.
August 31, 2011.
Valentino Mauricio/The Enterprise

Photo: Valentino Mauricio

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Traffic backs on the west bound lanes of I-10 as Beaumont Police work the scene of an accident during Wednesday,'s afternoon rush hour. August 31, 2011.
Valentino Mauricio/The Enterprise

Traffic backs on the west bound lanes of I-10 as Beaumont Police work the scene of an accident during Wednesday,'s afternoon rush hour. August 31, 2011.
Valentino Mauricio/The Enterprise

Photo: Valentino Mauricio

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Update: Police looking for witness to Interstate 10 fatality

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Update:

Beaumont police are looking to talk to a witness to a fatal car accident that occurred at Interstate 10 near College Street on Wednesday.

The witness, who is described as a white male, possibly in his 60s with gray hair, dressed in a green polo shirt and dress pants, stopped after the accident and spoke with other witnesses.

Police said that he left before officers arrived on the scene and other witnesses reported that he seemed "visibly shaken."

A 27-year-old woman who died in a car accident on Interstate 10 Wednesday was standing in front of her car in the left hand lane right before she was struck, according to new information from Beaumont police.

Mauquita Tina Smith, of Beaumont, was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Ransom "Duce" Jones.

Around 5 p.m., Smith had apparently stopped in the inside northbound lane, just over the crest of the overpass, and went to stand in front of her 1991 Toyota for unknown reasons. A white 2002 Dodge pickup was behind the woman's car, which he was unable to avoid. The pickup struck the Toyota, which struck Smith, who was catapulted across the median into southbound traffic.

Police said a southbound vehicle then hit the woman, stopped for a short time and then fled the scene.

Previous reporting:

Two fatal wrecks have slowed down traffic on separate parts of I-10 Wednesday.

Around 5 p.m., a gold Toyota was stopped in the left traffic lane in the northbound lane on I-10 over College Street. It is unknown why the car was stopped.

According to a release from the Beaumont Police Department, a white pickup truck struck the rear of the Toyota with enough force to push the sole female driver from the car across the freeway divider into the left lane of the southbound side of I-10.

The ejected driver was then hit by a blue vehicle that was driving southbound at that location.

The driver of the Toyota was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver of the pickup truck has been transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital in unknown conditions. The driver of the third vehicle involved (going southbound) stopped at the scene momentarily before driving off without giving any information.

Another incident near Hamshire Road led to a pedestrian being struck and killed by a passenger vehicle.

According to a release from the Texas Department of Public Safety, several individuals were trying to cross the Eastbound lanes of I-10 at Hamshire Road when one was struck and killed by a Dodge pickup truck.

Eastbound lanes near Hamshire Road have reopened but traffic is still moving slowly.

The names of those injured or killed are being held until a family member can be notified.